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UNITED STATES PATENT (EEICE.

HENRY OELLRICH, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

PUZZLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 358,620, dated March 1, 1887.

Application filed December 2S, 1886. Serial No. 222,794. (No model.)

To aZZ whom, it may concern:

Beit known that I, HENRY OELLRICE, of Detroit, in the county of Vayne and State of Michigan, have invented anew and Improved Puzzle, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the annexed drawings, forming a part thereof, in which- Figures l and 2 are front elevations of the puzzle, showingit in different positions; and Fig. 3 is an end elevation showing the position ofthe parts when the puzzle is closed.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parte in all the views.

My invention consists in two leaves of pasteboard or analogous material connected by two pairs of straps, each pair of straps being connected with one edge of one leaf and the corresponding edge of the other leaf, so that when the leaves are opened in either direction the straps act as hinges between the adj acentedges of the leaves, one pair of straps being located near opposite ends of the leaves, the other pair of straps being located near the center of the leaves and provided with two similar folding packages, one package being arranged on oneside ofthe inner pair ofstraps, and the oth er package being arranged on the opposite side, all as hereinafter more fully described.

The leaves A B are connected together by two pairs of straps, a a l) b', the straps a a being attached to one edge of the leaf A and to the corresponding edge of the leaf B. The straps b b are attached to the edges of the leaves A B which are opposite those to which the straps a a are attached.

To one side of the straps b b is secured a sheet of paper, C, having the side flaps c c', which fold over on the lcentral portion, D, and the endi'laps d d', which also fold over on the central portion, D. To the opposite side of the straps b b is secured a similar paper, C', provided with side aps 0203, capable of folding over on the central portion, D', and the end flaps d2 d3, also capable of folding over upon the central portion. The packages thus formed upon opposite sides of the straps I) b are shorter than the distance between the straps a a', so that when the packages are folded the leaves A B may be opened in either direction Without the interference of the packages with the straps a a'.

When an object--a coin, for example-is placed in the paper C and inclosed by the iiaps c"7 c3 d d3, the leaf A is closed down upon the leaf B and the leaves are turned through a hal t'revolution in either direction, when the opening of theleaves will expose the package formed in the paper C. which will then cover the package C', inclosing the coin. The uninitiated will mistake the paper C for the paper G', and will expect to find therein the coin; but upon unfolding the paper it will of course be found empty. By closing the leaves A B, reversing them, and again opening them, the paper U will be found outermost, and upon unfolding it the coin will be found inclosed therein.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- In a puzzle, the combination of the leaves A B, the straps a a Z) b', and the folding papers C C', attached to opposite sides of the straps b b', substantially as described.

HENRY OELLRICH.

Witnesses:

WALTER BAELOW, GEO. GAETNER. 

